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Navigating the Need for Rigor and Engagement: How to Make Fruitful Class Discussions Happen

January 30, 2019
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Derek Bok, Facilitating effective discussions, Harry Brighouse
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Why do we lecture so much? All teachers experience a tension between the need for engagement and the need for rigor. Without rigor, the students won’t learn what we want them to; without engagement, they won’t learn anything at... Read more

AAC&U 2019: Faculty Centrality in Fulfilling the Promise of LEAP ELOs, HIPs, and VALUE

January 29, 2019
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Faculty are central to implementing ELOs, HIPs, and VALUE rubrics. What roles, supports, incentives, and change processes are necessary to ensure that faculty can create the learning conditions, with fidelity and at scale, for all of our students to... Read more

Q&A: Suann Yang and Tarren Shaw on Curricular Transformation

In a new study published in PLOS ONE, a team of biology professors set out to evaluate and share what they learned about their process of curricular transformation for an introductory biology course. A key takeaway? “Curricular transformation takes... Read more

Tap Dance Your Way Through ACUE: Connecting With Students in Nontraditional Classes

January 16, 2019
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I use my ACUE training on a daily basis, and it continues to enhance the experience that my students have in the classroom. Here, I offer practical advice, encouragement, and strategies to adapt ACUE’s principles to any course, regardless... Read more

<i>Teaching in Higher Ed</i>’s Bonni Stachowiak: Making the Most of Mistakes

Teaching in Higher Ed’s Bonni Stachowiak: Making the Most of Mistakes

December 5, 2018
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Bonni Stachowiak, Catherine Haras, Kelly Hogan, saundra mcguire, Teaching in Higher Ed, viji sathy
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Stachowiak reflects on more than four years—and 230 episodes—of Teaching in Higher Ed (TiHE), which features weekly expert guests on a range of teaching and learning topics, from instructional practices and digital pedagogy to the faculty profession. Read more

Growing Graduate Student Professional Development

December 4, 2018
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Course in Effective Teaching Practices, Jody Greene, University of California Santa Cruz
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In recent years, discussions about the need to prepare graduate students to teach have become more widespread. Graduate students are often taught the content-specific knowledge of their disciplines and how to conduct research, but frequently they aren’t exposed to... Read more

Cut the Busy Work! Establishing Clear Purpose in Course Assignments and Activities

November 18, 2018
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Aligning Activities and Assignments With Course Outcomes, Amanda Hurlbut, mary-ann winkelmes, Texas Woman's University
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You probably remember at some point in your childhood having a parent or adult ask you to do an errand, task, or chore that you didn’t want to do. My first thought when my mom asked me to do... Read more

Announcing Our New Collaboration with NISOD

November 7, 2018
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National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, NISOD
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It’s our honor to announce that the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) have formed a major collaboration to further advance faculty and student success through quality instruction... Read more

Using Narrative Modeling to Introduce the Discussion of Race in the Classroom

Searching honestly for the learned racism and privilege at the heart of white identity is hard given that bearing witness to experiences of racism typically prompts whites to show solidarity with people of color. Read more

Maryville College: Combining Forces in Students’ Career Preparation

As one of the 26 institutions selected as an augural member of the CIC Consortium for Instructional Excellence and Career Guidance, supported by Strada Education Network, Maryville College seized the opportunity for Academic Affairs to collaborate with the Career... Read more

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